In the face of Lin Yanchao's questioning, Qiu Huan almost heard the answer, and said it with a righteous attitude, which made Lin Yanchao almost speechless.

When Qiu Hu was ordered to copy Zhang Juzheng's home, Shen Shixing wrote many letters, in which he said, 'Even if you have the wealth of others, you don't want to kill people's lives', and 'I hope that Qiu Huan's subordinates will show mercy, at least don't go too far, and save the face behind the important ministers.'

Qiu Hu replied to Shen Shixing, justifying every sentence, without acknowledging his mistake in a word.

Later, due to the admonition of hundreds of officials, when the Son of Heaven issued an order to rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng in prison, when Qiu Hu was ordered to release the Zhang family, dozens of people from the Zhang family were released from prison and cried bitterly.

At that time, Zhang Jingxiu was dead, Zhang Maoxiu was rescued from death, Zhang Jingxiu's widow Gao committed suicide with a knife, and was rescued, still blind in one eye.

Seeing this scene, Qiu Hu asked, the Son of Heaven has exempted your Zhang family from the sin, and the rest of the family (Zhang Juqian and other relatives) are exempt from copying, and they will return to the field house to support their grandmother, and your brother (Zhang Jingxiu) has been happy, why are you waiting for the whole family to cry here? How can you thank God for doing this?

Lin Yanchao sneered: "In the past, Yan Song was a traitor, and he had already obtained more than two million taels without counting the details, and now Qiu Duxian copied Zhang Jiangling, Zeng Shengwu, and Wang Zhen's three families only received 230,000 taels. This is what Qiu Duxian said, in order to rectify the officialdom, to raise the wind and grass, and to eliminate the effect of clean wind? ”

Qiu Huan heard this: "Zhang Jiangling is very conceited on weekdays, relying on the trust of the group, resenting the gentry, and despising the monarch is always good, even if there is no corruption, it is not an accident to suffer from this disaster." ”

"But it was Duxian who had the idea of copying the house, and at that time it was conclusive that Zhang Jiangling's family had two million taels, and he returned the song of the Son of Heaven on it, and the fat cream of Huguang and a province was half loaded into Zhang, Wang's second family. In the future, if there is a final conclusion on the coffin, how can Du Xian be infamous after his death. ”

Qiu Huan sneered when he heard this: "Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who don't know me say what I want." What the old man did was only to make the gentleman praised, and the villain was afraid of the tail, how could I have done everything in my life that you can understand. ”

Lin Yanchao shook his head and said, "Then Qiu Duxian, do you want to handle this case like Zhang Jiangling's case?" ”

When Qiu Hu heard this, he said: "Jackals, tigers and leopards should ask, foxes and rats should also ask, and none of these one hundred and twenty-five officials can be missing." ”

When Lin Yanchao heard this, he also knew that he couldn't persuade Qiu Lu. He didn't even mean to persuade Qiu Hu at all, so he deliberately told Zhang Jiangling about it, just to draw a line between himself and him. In terms of kindness, Lin Yanchao used Qiu Hu to bring down his former boss, but in fact, it was more like Qiu Hu used Lin Yanchao to bring down the original prefect of Guide, opening a gap for the assassination of Yushi.

Back then, Qiu Hu impeached Pingjiangbo Chen Wangmo and Jinyiwei commanded Wei Dajing, this Chen Wangmo was a relative of the queen, and Wei Dajing was a confidant of the Son of Heaven.

After Emperor Jiajing saw Qiu Hu's impeachment recital, he asked Shoufu Xu Jie, what kind of person is this Qiu Hu? Xu Jie replied, "Straight people."

Emperor Shi Jiajing was silent when he heard this.

But Lin Yanchao couldn't help but tell the truth: "Du Xian, the lower officials are here to say a word from the bottom of their hearts, yes, the one hundred and twenty-five officials corrected by Du Xian are indeed guilty, and everyone should be skinned and filled with grass when they are placed in Hong Wuye." ”

But at this time and at that time, the root cause of the current Henan Provincial officials' greed for ink in the matter of river work lies in the connivance of the river yamen. If the river yamen had been effectively supervised and every official had been allowed to use good work and materials on the embankment, how could they dare to be corrupt, and how could there be such a big flood in the Yellow River? ”

"Therefore, the lower officials asked the capital to return to the Defu, and the crimes of the officials of the second department of the river yamen are good, otherwise the implication will be too great, and fighting the tiger will not harm oneself."

In fact, Lin Yanchao's words in this paragraph are high-sounding, but the key lies in the last sentence, that is, 'righteousness is correct, not as good as political correctness'.

Why didn't Qiu Hu know the meaning of Lin Yanchao's words, and under this coercion, he had to open his hair, and reprimanded Lin Yanchao sharply: "How cowardly are you, you only put the lives and deaths of more than 100 corrupt officials in the bottom of your heart, and put the hungry people on both sides of the Yellow River everywhere and wailing all over the wilderness in your heart?" You intercede for the officials, so who intercedes for the people? The people of Henan, how innocent, who will sympathize with them when they are eaten by these corrupt officials? ”

"The old man has impeached the traitor Yan Song twice, impeached 23 important ministers of the court, and 17 of them have been punished, and I never know how to write a single word. Today's matter, as long as I, Qiu, have a breath of air, I will never let go of a corrupt official, and you don't have to argue with the old man on this matter. ”

When it comes to this, Lin Yanchao has nothing to say, so he can only give up his hand and say: "Duxian begs for benevolence, please forgive the official for not saying anything." But the subordinate will not sign this concert, but he will not object to it,"

Although Lin Yanchao's mission was only assisted, but he was not listed for the impeachment recital, then Qiu Huan's credibility with the emperor had decreased a lot.

"You timid rats, get out of the way for the old man!" Qiu Lu said angrily.

Lin Yanchao was escorted away by the brocade guard, and Qiu Hu sneered: "I don't know the current affairs, without you, I can't participate in these corrupt officials and corrupt officials?" ”

At this time, the governor of the river in Jining, Shandong, Yamen.

In the past, there was a bit of a cold place at the yamen, where the people were in the market and the cars and horses were unconscious, and three or two officials came to do business.

There is no longer the sound of silk and bamboo that used to be blown and sung in the yamen.

In the pavilions and pavilions like Suzhou gardens, and in the rockery and green pools, there are also many ladies who are surrounded by incense.

There was no one rafting in the lake where the spring was flooded.

The governor of the river, Yamen, didn't know why, as if it had become so deserted overnight.

The governor of the river, Li Zihuamo, sat on the chair of the bookstore.

Every item in the study is carefully selected from Yangzhou and Suzhou, just the Lantian jade Ruyi hanging in front of the bookcase, and the six-inch all-purple old pit inkstone, it is worth a fortune.

On weekdays, Li Zihua likes to paint in the study, but now he has no interest.

Not only that, when he was the governor of the river, there was no day when he could not listen to the opera of the pear garden, there was no day when he could not eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and there was no day when he could not serve others well.

But after a few days, Li Zihua didn't enjoy anything, didn't use it.

Because he knew that his career was probably coming to an end, the case of Yushi's murder involved a major corruption case of river workers, as long as Qiu Hu had the heart to lead the case to him......

Fortunately, the imperial court did not kill important ministers in order to save the country, otherwise he would have committed a big crime this time, and the landing of his head would be the lightest.

Now several masters are beside him, and one of them said: "Master, more than a dozen mothers in the family have made a fuss, and they don't want to sell the heads they wear on weekdays." ”

Li Zihua said tiredly when he heard this: "Tell them that as long as I pass this level, I will buy ten times more for them in the future." ”

"Have you done all the gifts for Beijing this year?" Li Zihua asked.

A master said: "Master, it's ready, the same year of the master, fellow villagers, protégés, but anyone who is an official in Beijing or above, or who is in Kedao, has a copy." The other three cabinet scholars, the master of ceremonies, the superintendent of the East Factory, and the queen mother all prepared double copies according to the master's wishes. ”

Li Zihua nodded and said, "Be quick!" ”

Another master said: "Master, I have sent someone to inquire, Qiu Hu has two sons, one son is an official outside, and the other son is studying at home, and he has just won the show." ”

Li Zihua said: "Forget the one who is an official outside, lest someone in the court talk too much." ”

"Yes."

Speaking of this, Li Zihua looked at everyone and said sharply: "Master, since I became the governor of the river, you have also eaten and drunk spicy food with me. Sir, I will not bother with you in the future. But if my ship sinks today, none of you will be able to escape! ”

Everyone was shocked, and said together: "Old man, I'm waiting for life!" ”

"The lord gave me a chance to wait for glory and wealth, and I should repay him with death today!"

Seeing everyone like this, Li Zihua nodded slowly and said, "Then you go and do something!" ”

Just as everyone was about to go out, a subordinate entered and whispered a few words beside Li Zihua.

Li Zihua showed surprise on his face when he heard this, but then reined in and said, "You retreat!" Don't go yet! ”

The masters were called back to the room by Li Zihua, and Li Zihua told these people what had happened to them.

"What, Old Horseman Qiu actually made such a stupid move? Even Lin Yanchao, the Tongzhi of the Guide Mansion who cooperated with him in handling the case, was placed under house arrest? A master said happily.

"Yes, not to mention that this move offended Shenwu County, but also offended the entire Henan officialdom. Not only these more than 100 officials, but behind these officials, how many of them are the same year, fellow villagers, colleagues, relatives, how can this wisp of the big net be cut off? ”

Another master said: "If Old Man Qiu wants to deal with the master, we are still afraid of him, but now that he has to deal with so many officials, don't you know the truth that the law does not blame the public?" His Majesty will not support him either. ”

"Master, this old horseman, how many black hats have been taken off in the court over the years, how many people have been offended, and there is no Zhang family, I'm afraid Shenwu County still hates him."

Li Zihua nodded slowly and said, "Yes, this time it was Old Horseman Qiu who killed himself." ”

Thinking of this, Li Zihua's eyes flashed and said: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you send gifts to Beijing soon!" ”

All the masters were stunned, and one of them said: "Master, this gift is all your savings since you became an official, do you still want to give it?" ”

"What's all this money for? Three years of river governors, ten years of prime ministers will not be changed! As long as I bring down Qiu Lao Pifu, everyone in the world will know what the end of impeaching me Li Zihua is! Li Zihua's face was a little hideous.

Just when Qiu Huan was about to impeach these 125 officials, the officials of Yantai wrote the impeachment letter again.

Yushi Li Zhi impeached Pan Jitao, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

The reason is that Pan Jitao reported the news when the court copied Zhang's family, so that when Qiu Hu and others arrived, the people of the Zhang family secretly transferred their property to Zeng Xingwu, Wang Zhan and others, so that the court only copied 200,000 yuan in the end.

Li Zhi was tricky about this sparse angle, and the Son of Heaven ordered that Zhang Ju should not talk about the right thing anymore. But he didn't seem to say it, but he seemed to say it, and he cut to the bottom of the heart of the young and suspicious son of heaven.